Davion Only is a 15-year-old orphan who desperately wants something many people take for granted: A family. “I’ll take anyone,” Davion said as he stood…
An adopted Virginia woman turned to social media in hopes of finding out more information about her birth mother from Houston. Sabrina O’Kane, of Newport News, posted a public photo on Facebook Thursday featuring her holding two neon green posterboards with the details. She asked friends and total strangers to share the image. So far, […]
An American woman who adopted a 7-year-old Russian boy and then later sent him back to Moscow on a one-way flight has been ordered to pay damages of $150,000 and cough up an additional $1,000 a month in child support. Torry Hansen was ordered by Tennessee Circuit Court Judge Lee Russell to pay damages of […]
Actress Charlize Theron announced on Wednesday that she has adopted a son. Theron “is the proud mom of a healthy baby boy named Jackson,” her rep said in a statement. Theron now joins the ranks of other actresses who have adopted a child as a single mother, including fellow Oscar winner Sandra Bullock, and “Sex […]
A wealthy Florida polo club founder has adopted his longtime adult girlfriend in what attorneys believe may be a legal maneuver to protect his financial assets-which he estimates as “several hundred million dollars”-as he faces a trial for a drunk driving incident that killed a 23-year-old, according to ABC News. John Goodman, 48, formally adopted […]
A South Carolina couple is fighting to get their adopted daughter back in their custody after she was placed with her biological father, who lives 1,100 miles away in Oklahoma. Matt and Melanie Capobianco said goodbye to their 2-year-old daughter Veronica last Saturday. “We’re kind of reeling from it, and reliving having to hand her […]
The Question in Virginia: Should gay couples be allowed to adopt children in Virginia? The State Board of Social Services will delay its April vote after recommendations for a public comment Adoption Debate. The board will then vote after allowing 30 more days for public comment. A coalition of advocacy groups want to open the […]
Actress Kirstie Alley claims people keep asking her to pay child support. Alley, 60, who has two adopted children , William, 17, and 16-year-old Lillie, from her second marriage to Parker Stevenson – has urged those trying to dodge their responsibilities to “man up” and do the right thing. She tweeted: “For any of u […]
Actress Viola Davis, who plays a Mississippi maid in the movie ‘The Help’, has announced that she and her husband Julius Tennon are adopting. Married since 2003, this will be the first child for the couple, however Tennon has two children from a previous relationship. “We don’t have any children [together], but we’re about to […]
President Barack Obama’s father, then on a student visa at the University of Hawaii, told U.S. immigration officials in 1961 that he and his pregnant wife planned to put their coming baby up for adoption, according to U.S. government memos obtained by Boston Globe reporter Sally Jacobs. Jacobs, author of a forthcoming biography of Barack […]
Via: www.newsone.com // Even at the most basic level you have to give big props to anybody with the genuine love and kindness in their hearts necessary to adopt a child. This is one of those cases where you can’t just sit on the sideline and criticize because adoptive parents have actually taken a stand. […]
Sandra Bullock has been going through it to say the least, and I just found out that the Oscar-winning actress has adopted a black baby.
